In a Strange Room
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Average rating3.3
A young man makes three journeys that take him through Greece, India and Africa. He travels lightly, simply. To those who travel with him and those whom he meets on the way - including a handsome, enigmatic stranger, a group of careless backpackers and a woman on the edge - he is the Follower, the Lover and the Guardian. Yet, despite the man's best intentions, each journey ends in disaster. Together, these three journeys will change his whole life. A novel of longing and thwarted desire, rage and compassion, In a Strange Room is the hauntingly beautiful evocation of one man's search for love, and a place to call home.
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Written in a sparse and minimalist prose the book is somewhat reminiscent of Cormack McCarthy's - The Road, although not as apocalyptic. The protagonist, Damon, spends most of its time on the move, looking for rest by the quiet rhythm of the hike. The hikes however became adventures that only brought more restlessness.
The novel is a triptych focusing on 3 journeys that require a very different role from Damon. All closing in a grande finale.
A rich story which finds its strength more in the stillness than an overflow of words.
